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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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